Industrial Devices Offers the Impulse Microstepping Drive

Industrial Devices Corp. (Petaluma, CA) is now offering the Impulse Microstepping Drive. The Impulse utilizes the power of a DSP and features five new motor-control functions, including Open-Loop Stall Detect, Multi-Stepping, Dynamic Smoothing, Xtreme Smoothness and a Motion-Node option.

The Impuse is able to power frame-size 23 and 24 stepping motors by virtue of its 4A of available current. Additional features include a 7.2-degree range of anti-resonance capability, a programmable jog function with dual speed settings, current-reduction modes with programmable time and reduction amounts, and four programmable inputs. The drive has one programmable output, user-configurable I/O, and programmable input resolution from 200 to 100,000 steps per revolution. It is DIN-rail-mountable, with an internal fan-powered cooling tunnel and 160Vdc bus voltage. The Impulse also features a built-in regenerative circuit and a diagnostic LED.